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Re: Greg Cossell- "I wont be surprised if Baltimore wins".

Originally Posted by Ravenswintitle

By the way, I don't see this as a ringing endorsement. It's more of a comment that keeps him clean no matter who wins. With all of the film study and alleged higher knowledge why doesn't he take a stand?

Because games aren't won by film.

Oh wait, 2007 Beliicheck just called...

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Re: Greg Cossell- "I wont be surprised if Baltimore wins".

The winds at gametime is what worries me. It levels the playing field on the deep ball, but Brady is more comfortable with the short passing game than I think Joe is. If the deep ball is getting thrown off by winds on Sunday, Joe and Jim are going to have to find some ways to turn shorter throws into long downfield gains with YAC.

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Re: Greg Cossell- "I wont be surprised if Baltimore wins".

Originally Posted by leachisabeast

Greg isn't the norm of talking heads out there, when he says something it normally is true and holds more water than any media talking head comes out with on television. Greg watches film all day on every single team, and every single snap of every single game, he has watched every single snap of Joes career even going back to his senior year at Delaware.

I'm not sure if there is anyone else out there that I'd rather listen to when breaking down a game than Greg Cosell.

Yep. Although in last week's shutdown corner podcast I distinctly remember his emphasis that in the first Denver matchup, Champ Bailey dominated Torrey Smith. I guess it turns out that it helps when Flacco has an o-line.

Re: Greg Cossell- "I wont be surprised if Baltimore wins".

I've been wanting to see Rice and Pierce at the same time. They could give a lot of looks with that.

I keep hoping they're saving that for this game or the Super Bowl.

Also, THIS:

Originally Posted by bmorecareful

I agree with you. The problem is that when Leach is in the huddle the defense knows exactly what to defend. It's either going to be a zone run up the middle right behind Leach, or a play-action bomb.

When he's not in the huddle the defense has to defend more of the field so they're easier to run on. The Ravens could solve this by passing more out of the I-formation. If I were them I would do just what you said and put Leach out there to block more often. They could line up in an I-formation but put Pitta out in the slot right, Boldin in tight to the line and motion Rice out wide, then you effectively have a 4 wide set out of base personnel! And it would work well, Rice and Pitta are both great route runners.

Re: Greg Cossell- "I wont be surprised if Baltimore wins".

That will make those deep throws down the sideline a lot harder, but the Pats corners have a bad habit of not looking back. I can see instances where the ball hangs up and falls short, Smith seeing that and Denard or Talib running into him.

I hate those 40 - 60yd penalties!

Originally Posted by RavenScallywag

The winds at gametime is what worries me. It levels the playing field on the deep ball, but Brady is more comfortable with the short passing game than I think Joe is. If the deep ball is getting thrown off by winds on Sunday, Joe and Jim are going to have to find some ways to turn shorter throws into long downfield gains with YAC.

I think Trent Dilfer is high on that list. He's been very good the past year.

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Re: Greg Cossell- "I wont be surprised if Baltimore wins".

I cannot stand Mayock, he over complicates every single thing about a game to try and sound smart, and he carries his whole draft-speak "thing" with him into the booth...

"And Andy Reid will not challenge the play...

Now here's a guy, Andy Reid. He's 6'1. 260 pounds.
He has good vision of where the field is, he can clearly see it right in front of him.
He has a good arm when it comes to throwing the challenge flag, but he isn't tough when it comes to standing on the sideline and taking a jab to the stomach.
One of the knocks on him is his championship game performance. He peaks too soon.
I see him as one of the top 31 coaches, no worse than that."

"Uhh, thanks Mike. And now the Eagles come out for the point after."

"See I don't agree with this. You've got Michael Vick. Number 7.
He's fast. Throws a good ball.
He got suspended from the league, but that's ok. Has a helmet on. Likes to grab the football from the center.
He can pass with it or he can run with it. It doesn't matter. 6'0. 215 pounds. 4.3 40 speed.
He doesn't run that fast anymore, probably, maybe, I don't know. Just pay me NFL network. I speak in short sentences."

Re: Greg Cossell- "I wont be surprised if Baltimore wins".

I cannot stand Mayock, he over complicates every single thing about a game to try and sound smart, and he carries his whole draft-speak "thing" with him into the booth...

"And Andy Reid will not challenge the play...

Now here's a guy, Andy Reid. He's 6'1. 260 pounds.
He has good vision of where the field is, he can clearly see it right in front of him.
He has a good arm when it comes to throwing the challenge flag, but he isn't tough when it comes to standing on the sideline and taking a jab to the stomach.
One of the knocks on him is his championship game performance. He peaks too soon.
I see him as one of the top 31 coaches, no worse than that."

"Uhh, thanks Mike. And now the Eagles come out for the point after."

"See I don't agree with this. You've got Michael Vick. Number 7.
He's fast. Throws a good ball.
He got suspended from the league, but that's ok. Has a helmet on. Likes to grab the football from the center.
He can pass with it or he can run with it. It doesn't matter. 6'0. 215 pounds. 4.3 40 speed.
He doesn't run that fast anymore, probably, maybe, I don't know. Just pay me NFL network. I speak in short sentences."